May Tieu
Athlete Bio#
Age
23
Hometown
Belle Mead, NJ
Education
Sophomore economics major at Princeton, Graduate of Montgomery High School (2019)
Clubs: Premier Fencing Club and Princeton University
Coach: Szilvia Gyore
Family: Mother Hok Chun Lee; sisters Kathy, Mindy and Elizabeth; and cats Maumau and Muimui
Hobbies: Piano, drawing, playing with her cat, baking with her sister, finding dessert spots, napping and reading
How She Started Fencing: She followed her sister into the sport
Who Has Influenced Her Fencing Career: Her sisters, who inspire her to work hard and to keep pushing, despite setbacks
Favorite Fencing Memory: Cheering for her teammates during the 2018 Junior World team event
Something People Would be Surprised to Know: She enjoys embroidering
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 8 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Gold - Individual, Silver - Team), 2020, 2019, 2018 (Gold - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2018 (Silver - Individual), 2017
Youth Olympic Games Teams: 2018 (Bronze - Individual and Mixed Team)
Coach: Szilvia Gyore
Family: Mother Hok Chun Lee; sisters Kathy, Mindy and Elizabeth; and cats Maumau and Muimui
Hobbies: Piano, drawing, playing with her cat, baking with her sister, finding dessert spots, napping and reading
How She Started Fencing: She followed her sister into the sport
Who Has Influenced Her Fencing Career: Her sisters, who inspire her to work hard and to keep pushing, despite setbacks
Favorite Fencing Memory: Cheering for her teammates during the 2018 Junior World team event
Something People Would be Surprised to Know: She enjoys embroidering
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 8 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Gold - Individual, Silver - Team), 2020, 2019, 2018 (Gold - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2018 (Silver - Individual), 2017
Youth Olympic Games Teams: 2018 (Bronze - Individual and Mixed Team)
Results
2021:
- Gold - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
- 43rd - Doha Grand Prix
2020:
- Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Individual)
- Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Team)
- Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
- Gold - Ivy League Championships (Individual)
- Bronze - Ivy Leauge Championships (Team)
- 39th - Bocum Junior World Cup
- 49th - Kazan World Cup
2019:
- Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Team)
- Silver - July Callenge (Division I)
- Silver - July Challenge (Junior)
- Bronze - January North American Cup (Division I)
- Fifth - November North American Cup (Junior)
- Sixth - Saint Maur World Cup (Team)
- Sixth - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Seventh - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Eighth - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Individual)
- Ninth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- Ninth - London Junior World Cup
- 12th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 17th - Moedling Junior World Cup
- 21st - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- 29th - Cairo World Cup
- 45th - Saint Maur World Cup (Individual)
- 45th - Katowice World Cup
- 48th - Anaheim Grand Prix
- 48th - St. Maur World Cup
- 50th - Cairo World Cup
- 52nd - Shanghai Grand Prix
2018:
- Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
- Gold - London Junior World Cup
- Gold - Sofia Junior World Cup (Team)
- Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
- Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
- Silver - Cadet World Championships
- Silver - Sofia Junior World Cup (Individual)
- Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Bronze - Youth Olympic Games (Individual)
- Bronze - Youth Olympic Games (Mixed Team)
- Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Fifth - July Challenge (Junior)
- Seventh - Rome Cadet European Cup
- 12th - July Challenge (Division I)
- 16th - Zagreb Junior World Cup
- 16th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 19th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- 19th - Moedling Junior World Cup
- 25th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- 28th - January North American Cup (Division I)
2017:
- Gold - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
- Gold - Timisoara Junior World Cup (Team)
- Gold - Moedling Junior World Cup (Team)
- Gold - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- Silver - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- Bronze - Pisa Cadet European Cup
- Seventh - July Challenge (Cadet)
- Eighth - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 10th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 10th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 14th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 15th - July Challenge (Division I)
- 18th - Timisoara Junior World Cup (Individual)
- 18th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- 20th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 29th - Moedling Junior World Cup (Individual)
- 33rd - Cadet World Championships
- 35th - Bochum Junior World Cup
- 36th - July Challenge (Junior)
- 38th - January North American Cup (Junior)
2016:
- Gold - March North American Cup (Y14)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- Gold - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - July Challenge (Division I)
- Bronze - July Challenge (Cadet)
- Fifth - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- Sixth - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
- Eighth - July Challenge (Junior)
- Ninth - Budapest Cadet European Cup
- Ninth - January North American Cup (Junior)
- 11th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 11th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 12th - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 13th - January North American Cup (Division I)
- 13th - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 19th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 25th - Lyon Junior World Cup
- 25th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- 28th - Pisa Cadet European Cup
- 29th - Zagreb Junior World Cup
- 45th - Bochum Junior Woorld Cup
- 56th - October North American Cup (Division I)
2015:
- Gold - April North American Cup (Y14)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division IA)
- Bronze - July challenge (Cadet)
- Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Seventh - July Challenge (Junior)
- 11th - Budapest Cadet European Cup
- 12th - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
- 17th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 21st - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 23rd - January North American Cup (Junior)
- 25th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 25th - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 42nd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 51st - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 54th - Montecatini Terme Cadet European Cup
- 58th - Timisoara Junior World Cup
- 61st - July Challenge (Division I)
2014:
- Gold - Pan American Youth Championships (Youth B)
- Gold - July North American Cup (Y12)
- Silver - March North American Cup (Y14)
- Fifth - March North American Cup (Y12)
- Ninth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 10th - July North American Cup (Cadet)
- 12th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 12th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- 13th - November North American Cup (Y14)
- 16th - Gyor Cadet European Cup
- 26th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 41st - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
- 41st - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 42nd - July North American Cup (Division I)
- 57th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 58th - December North American Cup (Division I)
2013:
- 23rd - April North American Cup (Y12)
- 25th - July North American Cup (Y12)
- 35th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- 40th - October North American Cup (Y14)
- 43rd - July North American Cup (Cadet)